The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI - Paperback

by Alex Shvartsman (Editor), Ken Liu (Author), Adrian Tchaikovsky (Author)

What happens when AI takes over the creative process?

Discussion about, and the use of artificial intelligence has exploded across the globe. Some programmers have already speculated that they are witnessing the birth of 'general' intelligence in ai which would be a game changer and decades before it was originally anticipated.

Is this the next step, from robots taking over tedious repetitive tasks in factories to now taking over creative ventures as well?

Here are stories that explore the relationship between artificial intelligence and art, written by top science fiction authors from across the globe. Read the tales of robot painters, AI poets, and electronic gallery curators; dystopias where human artists must eke out an existence in societies where AI generates most of the content, and utopias where artificial minds help unlock and enhance human creativity.

This collection features a truly global perspective from top authors from USA, UK, China, Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Madagascar, Argentina, Chile, Czech Republic, and Sri Lanka.

"In this impressive collection, a star-studded lineup of 17 authors assembled by Shvartsman (Kakistocracy) raise angst-ridden questions about human-AI collaboration ... This smart, kaleidoscopic view into the digital future will have readers longing to log off."-Publishers Weekly

Author Biography

Vajra Chandrasekera is a writer from Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has published over fifty short stories in magazines and anthologies including Analog, Black Static, and Clarkesworld, among others. His short fiction has been nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

He lives Colombo, Sri Lanka.